Sphinx Hill, also known as the Egyptian House, is a Grade II* listed house in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England. Designed by John Outram, the Egyptian-style postmodernist house was completed in 1999, making it the youngest listed building in the United Kingdom.

Jun 26, 2024 · Completed by the studio in 1999, Sphinx Hill house has now become the UK's youngest listed building and forms one of five of John Outram Associates' (JOA) buildings that have been listed.

Jun 27, 2024 · Sphinx Hill house in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, has been Grade II* listed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport following an application by the charity the C20 Society. It was designed...

Jun 27, 2024 · The 2-story, 3-bedroom Sphinx Hill House stands out from its neighbors indeed. The postmodern house has barrel vaulted ceilings meant to evoke the funerary complex at Djoser in Saqqara.

Aug 15, 2022 · And it's the last thing you'd expect to see along the banks of the river Thames in the market town of Wallingford: The two-story home, known as Sphinx Hill, features strong Egyptian iconography...

Jun 26, 2024 · Yet Sphinx Hill is a rare example of a late twentieth-century country house, utilising Post-Modern idioms and symbolism to revitalise an Egyptian ‘revivalist’ tradition in Britain that dates back to the early 19th century.

Jun 20, 2024 · Private detached house, built 1998-9 to designs by John Outram Associates. Read the official list entry to find out more. Share your view of unique places. Almost 350,000 photos and stories have been added so far. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. Loading map...

Jun 27, 2024 · Catherine Croft, director of C20, said: ‘Sphinx Hill really is the most extraordinarily complex and ideas-packed house. Bursting with polychromatic Egyptianate motifs and sitting in a landscape of cascading waterways that nod to the Nile, this …

Jul 20, 2022 · An “intriguing” postmodern property, known locally as “The Egyptian House” and designed by renowned architect John Outram, is currently on the market for £2.5 million.

May 11, 2017 · Sphinx Hill, or The Egyptian House, was designed by John Outram Associates following a commission by an Egyptologist. It is a modern interpretation of an Egyptian house and includes a drawing...